Hunger Facts - The problem, and how we're responding.

Facts for Action

- 840 million people are undernourished worldwide - about equal to the population of the Western Hemisphere.
- 1.2 billion people in developing countries live on $1 a day or less.
- 70% of those who suffer from hunger are women and girls.
- 6 million children under age five die each year as a result of hunger.
- More than 33 million U.S. citizens - one in ten households - cannot afford to meet their basic food needs. If they all stood in a line at a food pantry in New York, the line would stretch to Los Angeles and back. Twice.
- One in five U.S. children are born into poverty. One in seven has no health insurance.

Together We Are Making a Difference

- Child survival programs using simple, inexpensive health formulas save millions of lives.
- International advocacy campaigns to reduce debt have yielded substantial results. For example, with debt relief of $3 billion, Tanzania eliminated elementary school fees. Almost overnight, 1.6 million children returned to school!
- Contributions to CWS through the Heart of America CROP WALK provide tools of hope around the world:
--- $15 can provide a hoe, shovel and vegetable seeds to a farmer in West Africa.
--- $25 can provide 5 warm blankets to a refugee family.
--- $50 can provide a dozen chicks for egg production in the Caribbean.
--- $175 can provide a family-sized tent for disaster victims.

If I don't stop just talking about helping the poor
and actually do something to help the poor,
I'm going to be embarrassed to meet God.

- Rev. James Forbes, Riverside Church, New York City